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Hip-Hop’s history is bigger than one room, one borough or one night. Still, August 11 remains the date the culture returns to when it marks its birthday. On August 11, 1973, Cindy Campbell organized a back-to-school party in the recreation room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell—DJ Kool Herc—worked the turntables. The gathering became famous for the technique Herc was developing: extending the percussion breaks dancers waited for by moving betwe